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Italian Bird w/ Acier Cockerill


Minus the Dot over I in Acier & Cockerill


With Dot over in Ac�er Cocker�ll

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

Raimey- the French word for steel is Acier- why is that language used on an Italian made doublegun?

Acciaio should be and that's my point Francis. In my mind I would assume Belgian sourcing? Maybe they like French better than their native tongue. Do you fancy beef tongue there Francis?

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

There are a lot of local dialects spoken in Italy, and many in the northwest part of the country speak a version of Italian that is very close to French.

I wish it were that simple & if French was spoken in Brescia, I'd be all in.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

Brescia is not that far from Mount Blanc. They have trains. Straight line is about 150 miles, maybe four hours by car if you are not stuck behind a truck.

Raimey, do you have more information about the gun with the "italian bird"???
I only can read Brescia, V.T. (Val Trompia) Italy��.not the maker.

The ACIER on my gun is without dot on the "i" because dots are only on small letters, not on capitals! But really funny is, that the "Cockeril" on my gun is with only one "L"!!!

I think, he made a mistake using the Brand name (all Brand names are in the language of origin: Krupp Stahl or Flu�stahl, Boehler (Antinit) Stahl etc. and of course Acier Cockerill from Seraing near Li�ge in french speaking part of Belgium)

I still believe, that the maker of mine was a Fausti out of the village Brozzo!
But there was nothing to find on him�!

Kind regards,
Wolfgang

�but there are capital letters with dot on "I":

http://cacciaonline.altervista.org/jooml...iettabelga3.jpg

strange!

Kind regards,
Wolfgang

the first find on Fausti Brozzo gun is on an italian gun forum:

http://www.migratoria.it/forum/armi-e-caricamenti/7908-notizie-pi-sulle-mie-arzille-vecchiette.html


"La seconda doppietta � calibro 16 cani esterni ed � indicato su uno stemma Fausti Brozzo ed � del 1960. Sulle canne si intravede la scritta " ACIER COSKERILL"."

Ciao,
Wolfgang

When I was going to Italy every few years, when the dollar was higher. I use to stop in their shop. At that time they had a place just outside of Brescia on the left side of the road, going up into Gardone Valley. I always found things that I could not find elsewhere. The only place I could find 24 & 32 ga mops, and brushes and rods. Also those little rubber trigger finger protectors, and leather recoil pads.

always had neat stuff

John Boyd
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